Volunteers helped the Marengo County Preservation Commission clean up this property on Washington Street during Saturday’s “Renew Our City.” Other volunteers worked in the downtown area and along Alabama 43 coming into town.

“I was hoping we’d have more than last year, but I was floored by the participation this year,” she said. “It really looked like people all around town got out to work in their yards to make the community and the city look better.”